Başım Belada (English Title: I’m In Trouble) signed by Baba Yapım, first episode published on March 5, 2023, directed by Hatice Memiş and Ulaş Cihan Şimşek, written by HasanBurak Kayacı, starring Keremcem, Merih Öztürk, and Kaan Taşaner. It is a family-type Turkish television series.
| Original Title: | Başım Belada |
| English Title: | I’m In Trouble |
| Also Known As: | I’m In Trouble |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Broadcast Network: | ATV |
| Director: | Hatice Memis, Ulaş Cihan Şimşek |
| Writer: | Hasan Burak Kayaci |
| Filming Location: | Istanbul |
| Release Date: | March 5, 2023 – present |
Başım Belada Synopsis
Azam Kamber, a former police officer, formed a team with his close friend Pele to follow up on the cases of the wronged. His private life is turbulent. After her painful experience, her mother in Trabzon wants her to marry her childhood friend Melike. Pele meddling as Azam tries to dodge the pressures. He sends the photo of Leyla, the eldest daughter of the Biçer family, Azam’s new neighbors, to Şerife from Azam’s phone with the note “The girl I love”. Upon this, the Kamber family took Melike with them and hurriedly came to Azam from Trabzon to Istanbul.
Azam is faced with a huge dilemma, on the one hand, he must deal with the lie of the girl I love, and on the other hand, he must continue to hide the fact that he has resigned from the police force, which he hid from his father. As a matter of fact, his father is disturbed by his heart. How will Azam hide his resignation from his father? On the other hand, Leyla and her family, whose photograph was taken, are a “strange” family. Leyla’s family, apart from her father Tayfur, is a family with special abilities. Tayfur has no special talents, but he is someone who does risk analysis and pays attention to details. Anne Narin Biçer is a skillful hypnosis master.
Leyla’s siblings, Buğra and Berna, are highly skilled in computer hacking and close combat. The murder of the eldest sons of the family by Safa Çağdaş leads the family to a revenge plan. However, they are faced with Çağdaş Varlı, a member of a YAPI that reaches everywhere. Moreover, there is something they do not know about Safa’s death. While the family pursues their revenge plans, they will frequently encounter their opposite neighbor, Azam. Azam and Leyla will fall in love with each other on this journey full of secrets. But they are besieged by impossibility from all sides.
Will their love have a chance to live?
Başım Belada Cast
Keremcem (Azam)
Kerem Cem Dürük (born on 28 December 1977) known professionally as Keremcem, is a Turkish pop singer and actor. He also hosted the short-lived television show Keremcem ile Söyle Söyleyebilirsen on Star TV. He went to Milas Sakarya Primary School and Izmir Private Fatih College (junior high). He graduated from high school in Turgutreis Mugla in 1995. He graduated from Ege Universitesi (University of Aegean) majoring in International Relations in 2003. He started playing guitar in high school. His first composition “Elimde Değil”, meaning “not in my hands”, was made in 1996 in Ankara. He came to Istanbul in 2001. These days, his best friend Yunus Adak composed Eylul. Yonca Evcimik introduced him to Aykut Gürel and so began his professional musical career as a singer. Two solo albums; Eylul (2004), and Ask Bitti (2006), and a duet album Maia (2005, feat. Seden Gurel) were produced by Iremrecords.
Merih Öztürk (Leyla)
Merih Öztürk (born 28 December 1999, Düzce), is a Turkish model and actress. Best Model Of Turkey 2018 third. She was born as the daughter of an Abkhazian father from Düzce and a mother from Artvin. She has been interested in acting since she was 6. She studied front-camera acting and diction training and auditioned at the Human Acting Workshop. She finished high school at 80. She studied at the Noah Cement Anatolian High School for a year. She received her university education at Kocaeli University – Faculty of Sports Sciences. She took part in various projects such as Trt Children’s Advertisement, Transistor Advertisement, Danette, Enza Home, Molped, and Veet Advertisement. In 2007, she starred in the motion picture ‘Son Osman Yandım Ali’. Then she played in such series as “Şevkat Tepe”, “Nerde O Yeminler”, “Kendimize Doğru”, and “İki Aile”.
Kaan Tasaner (Çagdas Varli)
Kaan Taşaner (born 23 April 1979) is a Turkish actor. He began his career in theater, but is most famous for his roles in Turkish television series, including Fatmagul’s Susu Ne? (Erdoğan Yaşaran), Kuzey Güney (Honorary Commissioner), Kayip (Kemal Özdemir), and Diriliş: Ertuğrul (Gündoğdu). Kaan did not always know that he wanted to be an actor. He was undecided about his career as a teenager but decided he might like to be on stage after seeing Danton’s Death with Reha Özcan. He began training at 17 with the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Theater Workshop, then continued at the Selçuk University Dilek Sabancı Conservatory in Konya. He is listed as a graduate for the 2002–2003 academic year.
Umut Oğuz (Pele)
Umut Oğuz (born July 2, 1977, Ankara) is a Turkish actor. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in İzmir. Later, he graduated from Anadolu University Tourism and Hotel Management Department and Marmara University Sports Academy Department. He started acting in theater in 1999 and took part in many theaters. He became known for portraying the character of Fiko in the Adanalı TV series in 2008. He starred in a Nazo commercial in 2017.
Yağmur Öztürk (Melike Uzun)
Yağmur Öztürk (born 1996, Ankara) is a Turkish actress. She had her first acting experience in 2014 by playing a role in Beni Affet. She played the character of Leyla in the TV series Sevdim Seni Bir Kere, which was broadcast between 2019-2020. She played the leading role of Ceren in the TV series “Anneler” published between 2020-2021.
Sinan Çalışkanoğlu (Yüksel)
Sinan Çalışkanoğlu (born 26 January 1978, Istanbul) is a Turkish cinema, theater, advertising, and TV series actor. He graduated from the Academy Istanbul Theater Department. He then took pantomime and acting lessons at Pera Fine Arts Center. He has acted in many theater plays, TV series, movies, and commercials. He played a bad character named Hades in the comedy series Selena, starring Sinem Kobal, which was broadcast on ATV between 2006-2009. They married Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu on September 2, 2007, and divorced in 2010. In 2012, he played the character of Volkan Şahin in the TV series Türk’ün Uzayla İmtihanı, which was broadcast on Show TV. He was the moderator of the program called Şanslı Masa, which was broadcast on Kanal D, together with Orçun Kaptan. Broadcast on TRT1 he played in the TV series Gurbette Aşk.
Ali Çatalbaş (Tayfur Biçer)
Ali Çatalbaş, (born 17 November 1963, Istanbul) is a Turkish theater and cinema artist. He studied philosophy at Istanbul University. In 1986, he entered the “Nöbetçi Tiyatro”. Two years later, with the play “İstanbul’ u Satıyorum”, he became a professional in Ortaoyuncular and shared the stage with masters such as Münir Özkul and Erol Günaydın. He took part in many of the plays staged in Ortaoyuncular. He wrote the one-man play “Kötü Çocuk” and staged it in Ortaoyuncular. He still takes the stage in the same theater in the plays “İşsizler Cennete Gider“, “Nasri Hoca ve Muhalif Eşeği“ and “Masal Müfettişi“
Zeynep Kumral (Narin Biçer)
Zeynep Kumral was born on April 9, 1975, in Istanbul. She is a Theater, cinema, and TV series actress. She graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Fine Arts. She had her first acting experience in 1999 with the TV series Ayrılsak da Beraberiz; and took roles in the TV series Meryem, Sevdam Alabora, Son Yaz Balkanlar 1912, Koyu Kırmızı, Şüphe, Düğün Şarkıcısı, Paramparça Aşklar, and Sağır Oda. Zeynep Kumral portrayed the character of Nedret in the TV series Çukur, where she started acting in 2017. Zeynep Kumral, who later took part in another series, played the role of Zehra in the TV series Benim Hayatım in 2021. She continues to take part in new projects.
Ali İpin (Hikmet Kamber)
Ali Ragıp İpin (born 21 December 1955, Ankara) is a Turkish actor. Ali İpin, who graduated from the Ankara State Conservatory theater department in 1978, which he entered in 1975, left the State Theater in 1981 and continued his education as a visiting student at the Conservatoire de Genéve in Geneva, Switzerland. Returning to Turkey in 1982 and entering the General Directorate of State Theaters again, Ali İpin was sent to Geneva for six months in 1985. During this time, the artist worked as an assistant director at La Cour des Miracles theater, took part in more than forty plays at the State Theater, and served as assistant director in 6 plays.
Nazan Diper (Şerife Kamber)
Nazan Diper was born on January 1, 1965, in Gölcük / Kocaeli. She is a theater, cinema, TV series actress, and voice actor. During her university years, she joined Bizim Tiyatro under the direction of Zafer Diper. Nazan İper, who has acted in many plays since 1982 and has also voiced for many productions, has also performed these works since 1987. She acted in many movies and TV series such as Bir Avuç Gökyüzü, Aynalı Tahir, Aşkına Eşkıya, Güzel Çirkin, Küçük Ağa, Zeytin Tepesi, Acı Aşk, Aşk Laftan Anlamaz and Savaşçı. She played several seasons in a row in some TV series. She played the role of Selver Bozok in Savaşçı for a few seasons since 2017, one of the last TV series she acted in, and played the character of Aşçı Hacer in the TV series Gülümse Kaderine in 2022.
Murat Akkoyunlu (Üstün)
Murat Akkoyunlu (born 20 May 1973, Bursa) is a Turkish actor. After continuing his theatrical work, which started at Bursa Tobav Youth Theater, at Bursa State Theatre, Tevfik Gelenbe Theater, Tiyatro Ti, Tiyatro Çisenti, Bugay Production Production Theater, he participated in the play “Godot’yu İzlerken” with the ESEK troupe, founded by Gökhan Semiz. He also worked in the play “Üçüncü Türden Yakın İlişkiler”. He acted in the TV series “Bizimkiler”, “Koltuk Sevdası”, “Cesur Kuşku” and “İki Arada”. In 2005, he played sketches every week on Okan Bayülgen’s talk show, TV Machine. He made children’s programs for TRT. “He took part in the movie series “Çakallarla Dans”, “Sağ Salim”, “Sağ Salim 2: Sil Baştan”.
Ferdi Kurtuldu (Timur)
Ferdi Kurtuldu, who appeared with the character of Yüksel in the TV series Başım Belada, is known for the character of Jumbo Gökhan, whom he gave life to in the TV series Emret Komutanım. Ferdi Kurtul, born in Istanbul in 1980, finally succeeded with the Bahtiyar Ölmez series.
Sevinç Kıranlı (Vidan)
Sevinç Kıranlı was born on January 23, 1979, in Istanbul and is within the age of 44. She graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory Theater Department and graduated from Sevinç Kıranlıbul University State Conservatory Theater Department. She is the cousin of model Yasemin Özilhan. Finally, Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz – Hatice Kalkandere took place with the character.
Ayçin İnci (Melis Dağlar)
Ayçin İnci, the actress of the Buket Kahraman agency, will be the actress in Başım Belada with her character. Ayçin İnci, who was previously in the TV series Sana Söz, also appeared in the series Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk. Ayçin İnci, born in 1982, is 42 years old. The experienced actress, who was married to Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan for a while, brings stones to the young people with her beauty.
Orhan Eşkin (Oktay)
Orhan Eşkin will be in the cast of Başım Belada with the character of Oktay. Orhan Eşkin, who was born on January 1, 1977, in Bursa, is the husband of Aslı Altaylar. Master actor Orhan Eşkin studied Theater at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Orhan Eşkin is 1.77m tall and weighs 74 kilograms. Finally, the master game in the Ah Nerede series has been very popular with the before movie Gulyabani.
Bade Arazlı (Işıl Varlı)
Bade Arazlı was born in 2006, in Istanbul. She is a child actress. Advertising and TV series actress. She is a middle school student. Bade Arazlı played the character of Küçük Maria in the TV series Maria ile Mustafa for the first time in 2020. She took part in the cast of Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs in 2021 and Gülümse Kaderine in 2022. She starred in various movies and TV series in the following years. She continues to take part in new projects.
Burakhan Yılmaz (Safa Biçer)
Burakhan Yılmaz was born in Istanbul, in 1994. He is an actor in theatre, film, and TV series. Graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Theatre Department. He has appeared in advertising films for companies such as Türk Telekom and Media Market. He boxed and played guitar. Burakhan Yilmaz, who first started the theater as a child actor, then took part in the Kumbaraci 50 theater company. In addition to acting in theatre, he has acted in motion pictures and TV series. After two films in which he starred in 2013, he appeared in the cast of the TV series Kocaman my family in 2018 and Incir Ağcı in 2019. He played the character of Doktor Kenan in the series Kazara Aşk, in which he starred in 2021.
Bilgesu Kural (Berna Biçer)
Bilgesu Kural is a serial movie actress. She is a graduate of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Theater Department. Bilgesu Kural, one of the new young players, was in the cast of Aşk 101 in 2021, when she started acting. She played the character of Banu Sayin in the TV series İçimizdeki Ateş, which she played in 2022. Bilgesu Kural, who took part in the TV series Başım Belada in 2023, continues to take part in new projects.
Yiğit Ege Yazar (Buğra Biçer)
Born in Hendek, Sakarya on September 30, 2000, Yiğit Ege Yazır completed his education at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts High School. Yiğit Ege Yazar, who has acted in many TV series and films until now, had his first acting experience in 2009 in the movie Kanal-İzasyon. Yiğit Ege Yazar, who speaks English well, continues his acting studies.
Necip Karakaya (Ali Rıza Hoca)
Necip Karakaya, whom we watched in the series Mavera, attracted attention by giving life to İsmail Hakkı Bey in the TV series Payitaht Abdülhamid. Necip Karakaya, who was born in 1976 in Kayseri, is the age of 47. Necip Karakaya is married and has three children.
Berke Üzrek (Badi Uğur)
Berke Üzrek (born 29 September 1979, Istanbul) is a Turkish theater and film actor. He stepped into professionalism with Türkbank Children’s Theater in the 5th grade of primary school through his family friends. He studied theater at Müjdat Gezen Art Center. His television career began in the TV series Gurbetçiler. He appeared on the stage with the play “Hastasıyız” at the Istanbul Royal Theater for a while. She also acted in films that touched upon social problems such as Filler ve Çimen, Can, and Bana Şans Dil
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